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What is hi-res? | The TechSmith Blog

Your coworker asks for a photo, so you quickly email him the one from the web. Moments later, he replies back: “Do you have that in hi-res?”
Does it matter?
Yes; he’s not just being picky. There really is a difference between lo- and hi-res. It can determine whether your company logo looks fuzzy vs. crystal clear. In order to understand when a hi-res image is a must (such as for printing and enlarging), let’s go into what hi-res is in the first place.
You are my density
Hi-res stands for high resolution, or denser image quality. Images are made of tiny pixels (picture elements), or squares of color. You usually don’t notice individual pixels because they all blend together to form the picture that you recognize. But they’re there. You can see pixels when you zoom in really closely to a picture, or if you try to enlarge an image beyond what it can handle.

The lo-res image on the right looks great at its normal size (100%), but when we zoom in, it looks choppy. You can see why enlarging lo-res images gives blurry results.
This look is called “pixelated” because you can distinguish each pixel, in a block pattern. Those of us who pre-date smartphones might recall this distinctive, low-tech aesthetic from back in the day. Ah, the memories (retro video games, anyone?).

Early video games looked pixelated because they used minimal colors on purpose to preserve memory and processing power. Today, we usually only see pixelated images when images are enlarged or zoomed-in too much, or printed from a lo-res file.
Count your pixels
Lo-res images have around 72-pixels, or squares of color, per inch. This makes them great for the web, because that’s all your computer screen will display, anyhow. Plus, they are very lightweight (fewer pixels), so they help websites load quickly.
Hi-res images are at least 300 pixels per inch (ppi). This resolution makes for good print quality, and is pretty much a requirement for anything that you want hard copies of, especially to represent your brand or other important printed materials.

Prevent printing regrets (because ink is expensive)!  Use hi-res photos for sharp prints and to prevent jagged lines. Hint: Make sure your phone-camera is taking a high enough resolution to look good when printed.
Is my image hi- or lo-res?
Just because it looks good on your computer screen doesn’t mean it’s hi-res. You can’t tell by the length-width dimensions, either. Heavy file size can be a clue, but not in all cases. The best way is to open up the picture in an image program and view the file properties. You don’t need a fancy program to do this; most computers come with a basic image editing program that will do the trick.

Lo-res for web, hi-res for print
This is just a broad overview, but if you take away one thing, it’s that the resolution you want depends on whether you want the file on-screen only, or print.
Resolution also helps you figure out how much you can enlarge a photo. This comes in handy when trying to figure out what size you can print something (4×6? 8×10?) and have it still look good. Rule of thumb: divide the pixel size (dimension) of the image by the resolution (at least 300 ppi) to get the maximum print size in inches. So, if your image is 2,000 pixels in length at 300 ppi, then you can print it up to six inches or so (2,000 divided by 300).
Hi-res files are a great thing.  They have more pixels, are heavier, and are great for printing. They’re well worth the storage space and download time, and for making sure your pictures look great beyond your screen.
Want to find out if your image is hi-res? Snagit lets you easily view image resolutions of 28 popular formats, plus you can resize and edit. Get your free trial.

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If you want to use your digital photographs in printed brochures, no matter how beautiful the image, it is essential to make sure that the image is high enough resolution for print.

What is ‘Resolution’?

Digital images are made up of thousands of pixels (blocks of colour), and the number of pixels in the image will determine how high the image’s resolution is.

The image’s resolution is the number of pixels divided by the size it is being viewed at – so if the image is 720 pixels wide by 720 pixels tall, and it’s being viewed at 10 inches square, it has a resolution of 72 pixels per inch (I’m not sure why it’s measured in inches – but it’s probably a combination of the fact it originated in print before metrication and that computers were so heavily based in the US).

So what?

This resolution determines how clear the image will look – the higher the resolution, the clearer the image and the better it will look in brochure or catalogue designs.

On screen for digital design, we view images at a resolution of roughly 72 pixels per inch, so at any size up to 10 inches square, that image would look smooth and well defined. If we tried to use it above that size, however,  its resolution becomes lower than 72 pixels per inch and that would mean that the image started to look coarse and blocky like theright hand side  of our image at the top of this article.

Think of it this way.

In my spare time I build scale model aircraft (bear with me here!) Now imagine when you look at one of my models compared with the actual plane. It might look quite realistic and like the real thing overall, but as you look closer you will start to see that because it is a smaller model, the detail just isn’t there – because the real thing is 72 times bigger!

It is the same with definition on photographs – they may look alright when you look at them initially, but once you start to zoom in you see that the detail is blocky and undefined – and enlarging an image is a lot like zooming in on the model.

Resolution for print

Unfortunately, when we reproduce images in print for brochures, advertising and catalogues etc, that resolution needs to be much higher – ideally around 300 pixels per inch. That means that although on screen our image won’t start to look coarse until it’s bigger than 10 inches square, in print it will start to look coarse when it is bigger than 2. 5 inches square.

So even if the image looks beautifully crisp and clear on screen, and seems to be about the right size. it still may not be good enough to print in a brochure or advert – and that’s important for the credibility of your brand.

How can I tell?

The trouble is it’s hard to find out the resolution  of an image without a photo editing programme like Photoshop – and not everyone has access to Photoshop.

Although not fool-proof,  it is possible to gauge the resolution of an image just by looking at the size of the file itself. The more pixels an image contains, the bigger the file will be on your computer.

Typically images will be supplied as JPEGs, and an A4 (210mm x 297mm or 8¼” x 11¾”) image at 72 ppi will create a JPEG of approximately 500kb or half a megabyte. Remember though – to use that image in print we need the image to be 300 ppi, and at that resolution the JPEG will be around 3.5 Megabytes.

What to look for

So if you want to know whether your image will be high enough resolution for a printed brochure or advert, just look at the size of the JPEG.

The following will give you a guide based on reproduction for lithographic printing.

You will get away with using the image bigger for digital printing for brochures and exhibitions – but bear in mind that if you want to use the image on the design for an exhibition it is likely to end up many times bigger than an A4 brochure  – so the bigger your image file the better.

Use this helpful checklist as a rough guide:

  • If the JPEG is less than 250kb, it will only be suitable for use on screen.
  • 250kb-500kb might be usable as a small thumbnail
  • 500kb-1mb usable up to A7 – one eighth of an A4 sheet (74 x 105 mm or 2⅞” x 4⅛”)
  • 1mb-1.5mb up to A6 – one quarter of A4 (105 x 148 mm or 4 ⅛” x 5⅞”)
  • 1.5mb – 2mb up to A5 – half A4 (148 x 210 mm or 5⅞” x 8¼”)
  • 3.5mb up to A4 (210 x 297 mm or 8¼” x 11¾”)
  • 6mb+ A3 or over (297 x 420 mm or 11¾” x 16½” or more)

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How does resizing affect image resolution and pixel dimensions in Photoshop?

There are several ways to resize and crop a photo using Photoshop. To achieve the best results when cropping or resizing images, you should understand the concepts behind resizing techniques and how resizing affects cropping.

Instructions for resizing photo see article Image size and resolution .

For instructions on how to crop photos, see article Crop and straighten photos .

Image size when viewed on screen is different from its size when printed. If you are aware of these differences, you will be able to better understand which settings should be changed when resizing an image.

Screen Size

A monitor's screen resolution is the number of pixels it can display. For example, a monitor with a screen resolution of 640 x 480 pixels displays 640 pixels wide by 480 pixels high. Several different screen resolutions can be used, and the monitor's physical screen size usually determines the available resolutions. For example, large monitors usually display a higher resolution than small ones because they have more pixels.

To find the screen resolution, select Start > Control Panel > Display > Properties and view Screen Resolution (Windows) or select System Settings > Displays and view the Resolutions (macOS) list.

Image size on screen

When images appear on the screen, they have a fixed size in pixels. The screen resolution determines the size of the image on the screen. For example, a monitor with a resolution of 640 x 480 displays fewer pixels than a monitor with a resolution of 1024 x 768. Therefore, the size of each pixel displayed on a screen with a resolution of 640 x 480 is larger than the size of a pixel displayed on a screen with a resolution of 1024 x 768.

A 100 x 100 pixel image takes up about one sixth of a 640 x 480 screen and only one tenth of a 1024 x 768 screen. Therefore, an image appears smaller on a 1024 x 768 pixel screen than on a 640 pixel screen. x 480 pixels.

Print Image Size

Other values ​​used to resize images—physical image print size and resolution—do not apply until the image is printed. Then the physical size of the image, resolution and dimensions in pixels determine the amount of data in the image and its quality when printed. Generally, higher image resolution results in higher quality prints. See the following sections for more information on resolution and physical size.

Image Size dialog box

When you use the Image Size dialog box to resize an image (choose Image > Image Size ), four image parameters can change:

  • Pixel dimensions:
  • image height.
  • Image size when opened in Photoshop: This value appears at the top of the dialog box.
  • Document size: the physical size of the image when printed, including width and height.
  • Print Image Resolution: this value is displayed in pixels per inch or pixels per centimeter.

Photoshop calculates the physical size, resolution, and pixel dimensions of an image as follows:

  • Physical size = resolution x pixel dimensions
  • Resolution = physical size / dimensions in pixels
  • Dimensions in pixels = physical size / resolution

Dialog box Image size allows you to resize an image in two ways. You can increase or decrease the amount of data in an image ( resampling ). It is also possible to keep the same amount of data in the image ( resizing without resampling ). Resampling may degrade the image quality to some extent. You may need to do some extra work, such as using filter Sharpening to sharpen the image and compensate for resampling.

Tip: To reset the Resize Image dialog box to its original state, press Alt (Windows) or Option (macOS) . When these keys are pressed the "Cancel" button changes to the "Reset" button .

Resizing and resampling an image changes the amount of data in the file. To resample the image, make sure option 9 is selected0005 Resampling at the bottom of the dialog box Image size . Resampling is enabled by default.

Resampling changes the total number of pixels in an image, which are displayed as width and height in pixels in the Image size dialog box. Increasing the number of pixels in this part of the dialog box ( upscaling ) causes the application to add data to the image. When reducing the number of pixels ( downscaling ) the application is deleting data. Each time you delete or add data to an image, the image quality degrades to some extent. Removing data from an image is generally preferred over adding data. This is because when you increase the resolution, Photoshop has to "guess" which pixels to add. This procedure is more complicated than "guessing" the pixels to remove when downscaling. For best results, it is recommended that you use images in Photoshop that are at the resolution you need for output. Sometimes the desired results can be obtained by resizing the image without resampling. However, if you are resampling an image, do it only once.

If the option Resampling is enabled, you can change any value in the dialog box Image size : pixel dimensions, physical size or resolution. Changing one value affects others. The pixel dimensions change anyway.

  • Resizing in pixels affects the physical size but not the resolution.
  • Changing the resolution affects the pixel dimensions but not the physical size.
  • Changing the physical size affects the pixel dimensions but not the resolution.

You cannot set the file size. It changes as the total amount of data in the image (size in pixels) changes. Take note of the File Size value before changing any other values ​​in the dialog box. Information about the file size will help you understand how much data is removed or added to the image when resampling. For example, if the file size changes from 250 KB to 500 KB, twice as much data is added to the image, which can result in image degradation. Such images may appear blurry, jagged, or grainy.

Resizing an image without resampling resizes the image without changing the amount of data in it. Resizing without resampling changes the physical size of the image without changing the pixel dimensions of the image. Data is not added to or removed from the image. If you clear the check box or disable the option Resampling , the pixel size fields are not available. The two values ​​you can change are the physical size (width and height in document size) or resolution (pixels/inch). When resizing without resampling, you can set the physical size or resolution of the image. To maintain the total number of pixels in the image, Photoshop compensates for the changed value by increasing or decreasing another value. For example, when you set the physical size, Photoshop changes the resolution.

If pixel dimensions are constant, decreasing the physical size of the image increases the resolution accordingly. When the physical size of an image is reduced by half, the resolution is doubled. Twice as many pixels fit into the same space. When the image size is doubled, the resolution is reduced by half because the pixels are now twice as far apart to fill the same physical size.

For example, a 400 x 400 pixel image has a physical size of 4 x 4 inches and a resolution of 100 pixels per inch (ppi). To reduce the physical size of an image by half without resampling, you can set the physical size to 2 x 2 inches. Photoshop will increase the resolution to 200 pixels per inch. Resizing the image this way leaves the total number of pixels the same (200 pixels per inch x 2 x 2 inches = 400 x 400 pixels). Doubling the physical size (to 8 x 8 inches) reduces the resolution to 50 ppi. Adding inches to the image size means that there can now be a widow fewer pixels in an inch. When you change the resolution of an image, the physical size also changes.

Important. Pixel dimensions control the amount of data, resolution and physical size are used only for printing.

Pixels per inch (ppi) is the number of pixels in each inch of an image. Dots per inch (dpi) is specific to printers and differs depending on the printer. As a rule, it is from 2.5 to 3 paint dots per pixel. For example, a printer with a value of 600 dpi requires an image value between 150 and 300 dpi for best print quality.

For more information about the options in the Image Size dialog box, see Pixel Dimensions and Print Image Resolution in Photoshop Help.

When using the Crop tool to resize an image, the image's pixel dimensions and file size are changed, but the image is not resampled. When using the Crop tool, pixel dimensions and resolution include more pixels per inch based on the size of the crop area. However, Photoshop does not intentionally add or remove data from an image.

Cropping an image removes or adds data from or to the original image to create a different image. As data is removed or added relative to the original image, resampling loses its value. This is because the number of pixels per inch may differ depending on the number of pixels in the crop area. If the number of pixels in the crop area allows, Photoshop attempts to maintain the resolution of the original image. This method is considered cropping without resampling. However, if the number of pixels is not chosen exactly, the pixel dimensions and file size are changed in the new image.

Crop Tool Options

The set of options available in the Crop Tool Options Bar will change after you select an area. The first time you select the Crop tool you can set the height, width, and resolution. Height and width can be measured in inches , centimeters , millimeters , dots and rations . Enter the unit of measurement or its abbreviation after the number in the value field. For example, 100 px, 1 inch, 1 d, 10 cm, 200 mm, 100 dots, or 100 rations. If you don't specify units width and height on crop bar , the default is inches.

You can also set the resolution of the cropped image in the field Resolution . Choose pixels/inch or pixels/cm from the pop-up menu.

For more information about the Crop Tool options, see Crop and Straighten Images.

Change in inch size only

If you change the physical size of the image in inches in the Crop tool options and do not change the resolution, the pixel dimensions change. The dimensions change based on the proportions of the number of pixels in the crop area to the pixel size of the original image. The resolution is changed to add extra pixels to every inch of the image based on the image's original size.

The dimensions of the original image used in the examples below are 4 x 4 inches, 100 ppi, 400 x 400 pixels, 468.8 KB.

Size in inches
(user-defined)

Resolution
(changeable by Photoshop)

Dimensions in pixels
(User Defined Crop Size)

File size

2" x 2"

104 ppi
(native resolution = 100 ppi)

208 x 208 pixels
(original = 400 x 400 pixels)

125. 8 KB
(original size 468.8 KB)

In this example, Photoshop reduces the image to half its physical size (from a 4" square to a 2" square). Photoshop also reduces the pixel dimensions by 50%. The original resolution is kept (100 ppi) but increased to compensate for the extra pixels (8 ppi) added to the selection rectangle.

Changing the inch size and resolution

Setting the physical size of the image in inches in the Crop tool options and changing the pixels per inch changes the pixel dimensions. The resulting image will have more or less pixels throughout the entire document. Specifies the size in inches and the number of pixels in each of those inches. Photoshop removes or adds data to match the number of pixels in each inch.

The dimensions of the original image used in the examples below are 4 x 4 inches, 100 ppi, 400 x 400 pixels, 468. 8 KB.

Size in inches
(user defined)

Resolution
(user set)

Dimensions in pixels
(variable)

File size

2" x 2"

200 ppi

400 x 400 pixels

468. 8 kB

2" x 2"

300 ppi

600 x 600 pixels

1.03 MB

2" x 2"

50 ppi

100 x 100 pixels

29. 3 kB

In the first example, the physical size is halved, but this is compensated by doubling the resolution. Therefore, the dimensions in pixels and the file size remain the same.

In the second example, the physical size is halved and the resolution is increased. Therefore, the pixel dimensions are increased to accommodate the extra pixels per inch. The file size has also been increased.

In the third example, the physical size is halved, the resolution is also reduced (ppi). Therefore, the pixel dimensions are reduced because there are fewer pixels in the image. The file size has also been reduced.

Resizing in pixels only

If you specify a size in pixels but no resolution, the resolution is stabilized to the same value as the original image. Sets the new physical size to fit the specified number of pixels in the image and per inch. The file size changes as the pixel dimensions change, allowing Photoshop to stabilize the number of pixels per inch.

The dimensions of the original image used in the examples below are 4 x 4 inches, 100 ppi, 400 x 400 pixels, 468.8 KB.

Inch size
(variable)

Approval
(variable)

Dimensions in pixels
(user defined)

File size

2" x 2"

100 ppi

200 x 200 pixels

117. 2 kB

3" x 3"

100 ppi

300 x 300 pixels

263.7 kB

6" x 6"

100 ppi

600 x 600 pixels

1. 03 MB

In these examples, the resolution has not changed, but the pixel dimensions have changed. The physical size changes to fit the specified number of pixels per inch (dimensions in pixels).

Change the pixel size and resolution

When you set the pixel size and resolution, Photoshop creates a different physical size. The image contains the specified number of pixels per image and per inch. The file size changes because the total number of pixels in the image and the number of pixels per inch have changed.

The dimensions of the original image used in the examples below are 4 x 4 inches, 100 ppi, 400 x 400 pixels, 468.8 KB.

Inch size
(variable)

Approval
(variable)

Dimensions in pixels
(user set)

File size

1 x 1 inch

600 ppi

600 x 600 pixels

1. 03 MB

2" x 2"

300 ppi

600 x 600 pixels

1.03 MB

0.667" x 0.667"

300 ppi

200 x 200 pixels

117. 2 kB

Both pixel dimensions and resolution have been changed in these examples. The physical size changes to match the total number of pixels and pixels per inch (pixel dimensions and resolution).

Changing the resolution only

Changing the resolution only in the Crop tool options changes the size of the image based on the number of pixels in the crop area.

Tip: Look in the Info panel to see how many pixels are included in the crop area.

The dimensions of the original image used in the examples below are 4 x 4 inches, 100 ppi, 400 x 400 pixels, 468.8 KB.

Inch size
(result)

Permission
(user defined)

Dimensions in pixels
(result)

Crop size
(user defined)

File size

0. 767" x 0.767"

300 ppi

230 x 230 pixels

2.3" x 2.3"

115 kB

1 x 1 inch

300 ppi

300 x 300 pixels

3" x 3"

263. 7 kB

0.75" x 0.75"

400 ppi

300 x 300 pixels

3" x 3"

263.7 kB

1 x 1 inch

200 ppi

200 x 200 pixels

2" x 2"

117. 2 kB

0.5" x 0.5"

200 ppi

100 x 100 pixels

1 x 1 inch

29.3 kB

1.5" x 1.5"

200 ppi

300 x 300 pixels

3" x 3"

263. 7 kB

In these examples, Photoshop uses the crop size and resolution specified by the user to resize the image. The physical size of the new image and the dimensions in inches correspond to the number of pixels in the given crop fragment and the new resolution.

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30. Flickr

Flickr is one of the world's largest image hosts, powered by Yahoo. It contains just an incredible amount of author's photographs. Please note that not all of the images here are free to use, so check the photo's license before downloading it.


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